Cloak and Dagger

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Cast & Crew

Gary Cooper
Prof. Alvah Jesper

Lilli Palmer
Gina

Robert Alda
Pinkie

Vladimir Sokoloff
Polda

J. Edward Bromberg
Trenk

Marjorie Hoshelle
Ann Dawson

Ludwig Stössel
The German

Helene Thimig
Katerin Lodor

Dan Seymour
Marsoli

Marc Lawrence
Luigi

James Flavin
Col. Walsh

Patrick O'Moore
The Englishman

Charles Marsh
Erich

Don Turner
Lingg (uncredited)

Clifton Young

Ross Ford
Paratrooper (scenes deleted)

Robert Coote
Cronin (scenes deleted)

Hans Schumm
German Agent (uncredited)

Peter Michael
German Agent (uncredited)

Fritz Lang
Director

Milton Sperling
Producer

Albert Maltz
Screenwriter

Ring Lardner Jr.
Screenwriter

Max Steiner
Original Music

Sol Polito
Cinematographer

Christian Nyby
Film Editing

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Audience Reviews for Cloak and Dagger

• Jan 30, 2012

  Good not great film with Coop's character annoyingly dense and obtuse at times which puts others in grave danger. Lilli is strong suffering none of Gary's indecision. Not top flight Lang but all his films are worth seeing and this one has many quality moments.
  jay n Super Reviewer
• Sep 05, 2010

  A confusing, at times very boring, but at other times pretty good spy movie from the forties.
  Super Reviewer
• Nov 30, 2007

  Alfred Hitchcock was not the only great director to make anti-Nazi porpaganda films. Fritz Lang, himself an escapee from Nazi Germany, made this film to warn of the dangers of atomic power in the hands of fascists. It's essentially a spy film as it follows scientist Gary Cooper as he infiltrates an enemy project to produce an atomic bomb. Fritz Lang's keen eye for black and white photography and gritty drama works really well in the early scenes as he cranks up the suspense as Cooper evades the Gestapo to help rescue an eminent scientist from their clutches. Unfortunately things nose dive at the appearance of Lilli Palmer, although her character is initially intriguing. Casablanca proved that used subtly, a doomed romance between star crossed lovers can compliment political intrigue brilliantly. The ham-fisted approach in evidence here couldn't be further away though, as Palmer's fiery and proud partisan soon has her heart melted and she becomes an insipid doe-eyed lump who is just waiting for a strong American to take her away from all this. The fact that this corny Mills & Boonery makes the tough guy heroics and gritty realism take a back seat for a solid twenty minutes nearly kills the film stone dead. It gets much better for the finale when it returns to the point but it just serves to highlight what a missed opportunity this film really was.
  Super Reviewer